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Episode Power Rankings

The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.

#1
S11E25 9.2
One for the Road

Whilst watching the National Cable Ace Awards, the gang sees ex-waitress Diane Chambers winning the award for best writing in a mini-series. This leads to Sam calling Diane to congratulate her, and to find out that she is married and has children. Sam tells her Diane that he too has a wife and kids, and invites Diane and her husband to visit them. Sam strongly believes Diane is lying and becomes really shocked when she walks into Cheers the following day to meet Mrs Malone. Meanwhile Rebecca's boyfriend Don proposes to her and she accidently says no, ends up heartbroken and agrees to play Sam's wife to fool Diane. Sam and Rebecca have dinner with Diane and her husband, Reed Manchester. During the dinner Don arrives and proposes to her again, and this time she manages to say yes! They leave the dinner, and Sam thinks he must look like a fool. Then Diane's husband turns out to be a fake when *his* husband Kevin appears!

#2
S5E20 8.9
Dinner at Eight-ish

Frasier and Lilith invite Sam and Diane over for dinner to celebrate their first week of cohabitation. But things start going wrong when Lilith finds out Frasier and Diane were engaged, and she locks herself in the bathroom. Then Sam and Diane have an argument as well. Meanwhile Cliff agrees to babysit Carla's kids.

#3
S5E4 8.7
Abnormal Psychology

Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.

#4 An Old-Fashioned Wedding S10E25 8.7
#5 Thanksgiving Orphans S5E9 8.6
#6 Simon Says S5E21 8.6
#7 One Hugs, the Other Doesn't S10E16 8.6
#8 Pick a Con... Any Con S1E19 8.5
#9 I Do, Adieu S5E26 8.5
#10 It's Lonely on the Top S11E22 8.4

Lowlights

#270 S10E3 Madame LaCarla 6.6

Carla is reluctant to accept the crystal ball passed to her by the retiring psychic, Madame Lazora.

#269 Honor Thy Mother S9E13 6.9
#268 Save the Last Dance for Me S4E20 7.0
#267 Father Knows Last S1E15 7.0
#266 Sammy and the Professor S8E13 7.1

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